Fukushima workers may exceed radiation limit

TOKYO - Two workers at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant may have exceeded the government's radiation exposure limit, the plant operator said, adding to concerns about health risks for those fighting the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.

If confirmed, it would mark the first case of excess radiation exposure among the hundreds of emergency workers who have struggled to bring Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi plant under control after it was wrecked by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March.

Both the government and the utility, TEPCO, have come under fire for not disclosing enough information about radiation doses and the risks. Some experts question whether workers have been fully informed of the potential dangers. "The problem is that too much policy has been focused on protecting TEPCO and not enough on the public," said Kiyoshi Kurakawa, a medical doctor who served as a science adviser to the government from 2006 to 2008.